Jennylyn Mercado

"Eternity is one of the best films I’ve made so far. It’s a beautiful love story that shows how the present can affect the past, as shown in the surprise twist in its ending.” - Jennylyn Mercado, on her movie Eternity.

Back in 2003, as a teenage high school student, Jennylyn Mercado busted onto the Filipino pop culture scene in StarStruck, a reality-based talent search. As the lone female “survivor,” Mercado instantly became a household name in her native land. Since then, she has worked in film and TV, but her beauty and voice will prove to be her ticket to North American celebrity. She has been recording music since 1999, but in 2006, she performed her first major concert, signed multiple lucrative endorsement deals (including deals with Pepsi and Pantene), and recorded the breakthrough album Letting Go.

SEX APPEAL

Jennylyn Mercado looks beautiful in the few photo shoots she has done, but it is a rather wholesome caliber of gorgeousness. She has a winning smile, pristine pearly whites and a sleek body that spells girlfriend, not trouble. In short, she isn’t the voluptuous type, and she would likely make a better girlfriend than she would a one-night stand.

SUCCESS

After StarStruck provided her with a launching pad, Jennylyn Mercado has been buzzing toward American prominence by starring in a myriad of TV and film projects in the Philippines. Most of her roles are as a fair maiden or a love interest in saccharine stories of love and betrayal. This is also her singing style, but she is ready-made to turn into a pop star in North America, where she could easily become the poster girl for teenage boys and girls who go gaga for heartfelt lyrics of love lost.

Despite the syrupy trend to her artistic work, one of Jennylyn’s more interesting roles was in La Vendetta (2007), a thriller for which she also performed the theme song. In the film, Jennylyn plays Almira Cardinale, a woman torn between an allegiance to her two sisters and her true desire for an impoverished lover.

Jennylyn Mercado Biography

Jennylyn Mercado was born on October 14, 1987, in the Philippines. Estranged from both of her biological parents by the time she was 4, Mercado was raised by her aunt, Lydia Mercado, who legally adopted her. Mercado grew up in Paranaque, a city in the Metro Manila region of the Philippines. During her senior high school year at the Augustinian Abbey in nearby Las Pinas, Jennylyn had already found the Filipino spotlight, working on the reality-based TV show StarStruck, a role that proved to be her gateway to acting and singing celebrity.

jennylyn mercado in let the love begin

StarStruck propelled Jennylyn Mercado into stardom. Her first feature film was So Happy Together (2004), followed by Let the Love Begin the same year. She also received accolades from fans when she appeared in the 2006 flick Blue Moon.

jennylyn mercado releases letting go

Eternity was Jennylyn Mercado's next film venture, a historical love story that Jennylyn says she's most proud of. The movie opened in September 2006. Around the same time, she also appeared in the TV soap I Luv NY with her ex-flame and screen partner, Mark Herras.

As if that weren't enough, the multitalented Jennylyn released her album Letting Go in 2006, and played her first major concert, which she called "Music In Me."